The senior thesis writer must complete the reading list suggested by his advisor and approved by the Jackson Scholars Director.

Greek 551-552 Summer Assignment

The entire first quarter will consist of a rapid review of all of last year’s grammatical and lexical material. You’ll have a Google document shared with you by the last week of August that will have all the assignments for the first quarter. All additional assignments will go there and that will be the master syllabus from which all of us will work. If you’d like access to this spreadsheet during the summer, be sure to email Mr. Cox at tcox@heights.edu. If you do not email him, he will ask for your email on the first day of class and grant you access by the end of the first week of school.

There is a Quizlet notecard set that I have made for all the vocabulary in Chase and Phillips. Use it to keep your vocabulary fresh over the summer. My Quizlet decks can be found at https://quizlet.com/class/5587029/.

Your summer assignment is to drill vocabulary, particularly the first three principal parts of all the verbs you have learned thus far, as we will be adding considerably to that foundation and it needs to be strong.

Additionally, I’m asking all of the students to read the Acts of the Apostles in English to familiarize themselves with the stories that we’ll be studying in Greek throughout the year.

The first few days will have a small quiz every day, which will set the tone for the rest of the year wherein every class day will include a quiz. The first three quizzes are as follows:

Day 1 – The Greek Alphabet

Day 2 – The First Declension Noun

Day 3 – Act of the Apostles Quiz (in English)

There is no summer assignment for the Homer course.

Obtain and read Seven Events That Made America America: And Proved That the Founding Fathers Were Right All Along by Larry Schweikart (ISBN: 1595230793).

Answer one of the following questions in 3 to 5 handwritten pages citing specific examples and evidence from this book:

1) To what extent did the role and scope of the United States Federal Government change from 1820 to the present.

2) Evaluate to the extent to which individualism has been the dominant philosophy in the United States.

Note: Do not use block quotes, explain in your own words. Referencing the book is good but don’t just quote it- analyze and explain it. See AP Rubric for additional style and content guidelines- Long Essay Question Rubric.

The simplest form of the Summer Assignment is this: turn in two DANs and two Synopses per month, on the last day of each month, for a total of six (6) DANs and six (6) Synopses, due on June 30th, July 31st, and August 31st. These should be e-mailed to the instructor.

Official Heights forms for DANs and Synopses may be found at Additional Resources above.

This is the objective.

The goal of the Summer Assignment is to ensure that you either 1.) have mastered the morphology and the base vocabulary of Latin, or 2.) know what exercises are necessary to accomplish this goal by doing these exercises.

In more detail, the Summer Assignment goals for student learning for Advanced Latin courses—which are nothing less than the goals for student learning for Elementary and Intermediate Latin—are below:

• Master the 1,000 most common words in the Latin language. This vocabulary is based on word frequencies in the Latin literature of the first two centuries of either Era. The list, originally compiled by the University of Liège, was digitized by the Classics Department of Dickinson College, and may be found here:

http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list

• Master all the morphology of the Latin language:

Nouns: be able to decline all 1st–5th declension nouns.

e.g.

1st: terra, -ae, f.

2nd masc.: animus, -i, m.

2nd neut.: bellum, -i, n.

3rd: rex, regis, m.

4th: manus, -us, f.

5th: res, rei, f.

Adjectives: be able to decline all adjectives, those of the 1st-2nd declension, and those of the 3rd declension. Be able also to form the comparative degree and superlative degree from the lexical form of an adjective. Be able also to form the positive, comparative, and superlative degrees of adverbs from the lexical form of an adjective.

e.g.

1st-2nd declension: altus, -a, -um, high; altior, altius, higher, rather high, too high; altissimus, -a, -um, highest, very high (quam altissimus, as high as possible)

alte, highly; altius, more highly, rather highly, too highly; altissime, most highly, very highly (quam altissime, as highly as possible)

3rd declension adjectives: gravis, -e, heavy; gravior, gravius, heavier, rather heavy, too heavy; gravissimus, -a, -um, heaviest, very heavy (quam gravissimus, as heavy as possible)

Pronouns and Demonstratives (collectively considered “demonstratives” for the purposes of doing a DAN): be able to decline all the demonstrative pronouns and adjectives:

• hic, haec, hoc, this (in front of me); the latter

• iste, ista, istud, that (in front of you)

• ille, illa, illud, that (in front of him); the former

• is, ea, id, this/that (an adjective of weaker identity); he/she/it (the most common form of the 3rd person pronoun)

• qui, quae, quod, who/which; that (the relative pronoun)

Verbs: be able to conjugate verbs of all conjugations, 1st–4th as well as irregulars.

The five aspects of a verb are: Person, Number, Tense, Voice, and Mood.

• Person: 1st, 2nd, 3rd

• Number: Singular, Plural

• Tense: Present, Imperfect, Future (the Present System); Perfect, Pluperfect, Future Perfect (the Perfect System)

• Voice: Active, Passive

• Mood: Indicative, Subjunctive, Infinitive, Participle, Imperative

There are thus approximately 172 forms for any regular Latin verb.

Turn in two Latin DANs (this form contains two) and two Latin Verb Synopses (JV) (this form contains one) per month, on the last day of each month, for a total of six (6) DANs and six (6) JV Synopses, due on June 30th, July 31st, and August 31st. These should be e-mailed to the instructor.

• DANs must have a noun and adjective from different declensions.

Here you may find a sample of a Completed DAN.

Do the six phrases below:

this republic: haec res publica

hic, haec, hoc; res, rei, f.; publicus, -a, -um

that first charge: ille primus impetus

ille, illa, illud; primus, -a, -um; impetus, -us, m.

the very queen who pardons: ipsa regina parcens

ipse, ipsa, ipsum; regina, -ae, f.; parcens, parcentis

a certain king that will return: quidam rex rediturus

quidam, quaedam, quoddam; rex, regis, m.; rediturus, -a, -um

the same oath to be sworn: idem ius iurandum

idem, eadem, idem; ius, iuris, n.; iurandus, -a, -um

that stronger castle: istud castellum validius

iste, ista, istud; castellum, -i, n.; validior, validius

• Synopses must have a regular transitive verb (not an intransitive or a deponent verb).

Here you may find a Sample of a Completed JV Latin Verb Synopsis. Dr. Yaceczko and Mr. Babendreier have different forms—make sure you get the right one:

• Dr. Yaceczko’s Latin Verb Synopsis

• Mr. Babendreier’s Latin Verb Synopsis

Do the six verbs below:

1st: puto, putare, putavi, putatus, think—1st person singular

2nd: doceo, docere, docui, doctus, teach—2nd person singular

3rd: lego, legere, legi, lectus, read—3rd person singular

3rd (-io): capio, capere, cepi, captus, take—1st person plural

4th: aperio, aperire, aperui, apertus, open—2nd person plural

irregular: fero, ferre, tuli, latus, bear (carry)—3rd person plural

This is the minimum. Any DANs and Synopses done over the summer (beyond the minimum) will count as extra credit toward your first quarter grade.

You will have to choose your own words to make these. It is recommended that you choose words from the Dickinson College Latin Vocabulary List.

Study the attached list of vocabulary words. These are the words used most often in Vergil’s Aeneid. Most of these words (over 90%) you have already seen. We will have a vocabulary test on these some time during the first week of school (not the first day).

General Word List

Turn in two Latin DANs and two Latin Verb Synopses per month, on the last day of each month, for a total of six (6) DANs and six (6) Synopses, due on June 30th, July 31st, and August 31st. These should be e-mailed to the instructor.

• DANs must have a noun and adjective from different declensions. Do the six phrases below:

this republic: haec res publica

hic, haec, hoc; res, rei, f.; publicus, -a, -um

that first charge: ille primus impetus

ille, illa, illud; primus, -a, -um; impetus, -us, m.

the very queen who pardons: ipsa regina parcens

ipse, ipsa, ipsum; regina, -ae, f.; parcens, parcentis

a certain king that will return: quidam rex rediturus

quidam, quaedam, quoddam; rex, regis, m.; rediturus, -a, -um

the same oath to be sworn: idem ius iurandum

idem, eadem, idem; ius, iuris, n.; iurandus, -a, -um

that stronger castle: istud castellum validius

iste, ista, istud; castellum, -i, n.; validior, validius

• Synopses must have a regular transitive verb (not an intransitive or a deponent verb). Do the five verbs below, and one more of your own choice:

1st: puto, putare, putavi, putatus, think—1st person singular

2nd: doceo, docere, docui, doctus, teach—2nd person singular

3rd: lego, legere, legi, lectus, read—3rd person singular

3rd (-io): capio, capere, cepi, captus, take—1st person plural

4th: aperio, aperire, aperui, apertus, open—2nd person plural

This is the minimum. Any DANs and Synopses done over the summer (beyond the minimum) will count as extra credit toward your first quarter grade.

You will have to choose your own words to make these. It is recommended that you choose words from the Dickinson College Latin Vocabulary List.

Turn in two Latin DANs and two Latin Verb Synopses per month, on the last day of each month, for a total of six (6) DANs and six (6) Verb Synopses over the entire summer.

The two completed DANs and two completed Verb Synopses should be submitted as .pdf attachments to an email sent on or before each due date (June 30th, July 31st and August 31st) to the instructor, Mr. Babendreier, at gbabendreier@heights.edu.

• DANs must have a noun and adjective from different declensions. Do the six phrases below:

due June 30th:

this republic: haec res publica

hic, haec, hoc; res, rei, f.; publicus, -a, -um

that first charge: ille primus impetus

ille, illa, illud; primus, -a, -um; impetus, -us, m.

due July 31st:

the pardoning queen herself: ipsa regina parcens

ipse, ipsa, ipsum; regina, -ae, f.; parcens, parcentis

a certain king about to return: quidam rex rediturus

due August 31st:

quidam, quaedam, quoddam; rex, regis, m.; rediturus, -a, -um

the same oath having to be sworn: idem ius iurandum

idem, eadem, idem; ius, iuris, n.; iurandus, -a, -um

that stronger castle: istud castellum validius

iste, ista, istud; castellum, -i, n.; validior, validius

• Synopses must have a regular transitive verb (not an intransitive or a deponent verb). Do the six verbs below in the person, number and gender indicated:

due June 30th:

puto, putare, putavi, putatus, think  (1st person singular feminine)

lego, legere, legi, lectus, read  (3rd person plural neuter)

due July 31st:

doceo, docere, docui, doctus, teach  (2nd person singular neuter)

capio, capere, cepi, captus, take  (1st person plural masculine)

due August 31st:

aperio, aperire, aperui, apertus, open  (2nd person plural feminine)

traho, trahere, traxi, tractus, pull  (3rd person singular masculine)

These assignments represent the minimum required, will be graded and will be included in your first-quarter grade.

Any DANs and Verb Synopses done with sufficient correctness over the summer beyond the minimum will count as extra credit toward your first-quarter grade. You will have to choose your own words to make these additional DANs and Verb Synopses.  It is recommended that you choose words from the Dickinson College Latin Vocabulary List.

Turn in two Latin DANs and two Latin Verb Synopses per month, on the last day of each month, for a total of six (6) DANs and six (6) Verb Synopses over the entire summer.

The two completed DANs and two completed Verb Synopses should be submitted as .pdf attachments to an email sent on or before each due date (June 30th, July 31st and August 31st) to the instructor, Mr. Babendreier, at gbabendreier@heights.edu.

• DANs must have a noun and adjective from different declensions. Do the six phrases below:

due June 30th:

this republic: haec res publica

hic, haec, hoc; res, rei, f.; publicus, -a, -um

that first charge: ille primus impetus

ille, illa, illud; primus, -a, -um; impetus, -us, m.

due July 31st:

the pardoning queen herself: ipsa regina parcens

ipse, ipsa, ipsum; regina, -ae, f.; parcens, parcentis

a certain king about to return: quidam rex rediturus

due August 31st:

quidam, quaedam, quoddam; rex, regis, m.; rediturus, -a, -um

the same oath having to be sworn: idem ius iurandum

idem, eadem, idem; ius, iuris, n.; iurandus, -a, -um

that stronger castle: istud castellum validius

iste, ista, istud; castellum, -i, n.; validior, validius

• Synopses must have a regular transitive verb (not an intransitive or a deponent verb). Do the six verbs below in the person, number and gender indicated:

due June 30th:

puto, putare, putavi, putatus, think  (1st person singular feminine)

lego, legere, legi, lectus, read  (3rd person plural neuter)

due July 31st:

doceo, docere, docui, doctus, teach  (2nd person singular neuter)

capio, capere, cepi, captus, take  (1st person plural masculine)

due August 31st:

aperio, aperire, aperui, apertus, open  (2nd person plural feminine)

traho, trahere, traxi, tractus, pull  (3rd person singular masculine)

These assignments represent the minimum required, will be graded and will be included in your first-quarter grade.

Any DANs and Verb Synopses done with sufficient correctness over the summer beyond the minimum will count as extra credit toward your first-quarter grade. You will have to choose your own words to make these additional DANs and Verb Synopses.  It is recommended that you choose words from the Dickinson College Latin Vocabulary List.

MATH 447-448 Calculus

Mr. Michael Moynihan

Summer assignment

Spend some time reading through chapter P (stands for “prerequisites”) and chapter one (pages 1 to 204) in your text, Precalculus 4^th edition by Larson and Hostetler (ISBN 0669417416). This material should mostly be a review of what you have already covered in previous math courses. As you go through this material, do at least 200 problems. While it is up to you what problems you choose, you will benefit most from this assignment if you choose problems that help to reinforce areas that need improvement and are thus beneficial to you. In other words, if you choose the easy problems to simply complete the assignment you will not benefit as much as if you choose problems that help you to solidify your foundation and relearn areas where you are weak.

During the first part of the year we will cover chapter P and chapter one at a fast pace. If you do this assignment well, you will find the first part of the course quite manageable. If you come to class without a strong foundation in the material this summer assignment covers the beginning of the year will be difficult (in the past, some students in this situation have complained to me that they feel that they need to spend too much time each night to do well in math).

Your textbook has answers to the odd problems in the back of the book. In general, it is a good idea to do odd problems so you can check your answers to make sure you are doing the problems correctly. Consistently making mistakes and not correcting them is not beneficial and could even be counterproductive. Catching your mistakes and doing problems correctly is helpful to work toward mastery.

I will collect your summer assignment on the first day of school and grade it based on completion and effort shown (students who show their work and choose problems carefully will receive higher marks).

Algebra I Summer Assignment

Click here to download the Pre-Calculus summer assignment.

Do practice tests and practice Calculus AB problem sets from your Princeton review prep book all summer long. Stay loose and nimble with the material: there will be an exam on the first day of classes in September (a mini mock AP Calculus AB exam) to see how much you retained over the Summer. It will count as your first exam grade of the year.

MATH 445-446 Pre-Calculus and the Derivative

Mr. Michael Moynihan

Summer assignment

Spend some time reading through chapter P (stands for “prerequisites”) and chapter one (pages 1 to 204) in your text, Precalculus 4^th edition by Larson and Hostetler (ISBN 0669417416). This material should mostly be a review of what you have already covered in previous math courses. As you go through this material, do at least 200 problems. While it is up to you what problems you choose, you will benefit most from this assignment if you choose problems that help to reinforce areas that need improvement and are thus beneficial to you. In other words, if you choose the easy problems to simply complete the assignment you will not benefit as much as if you choose problems that help you to solidify your foundation and relearn areas where you are weak.

During the first part of the year we will cover chapter P and chapter one at a fast pace. If you do this assignment well, you will find the first part of the course quite manageable. If you come to class without a strong foundation in the material this summer assignment covers the beginning of the year will be difficult (in the past, some students in this situation have complained to me that they feel that they need to spend too much time each night to do well in math).

Your textbook has answers to the odd problems in the back of the book. In general, it is a good idea to do odd problems so you can check your answers to make sure you are doing the problems correctly. Consistently making mistakes and not correcting them is not beneficial and could even be counterproductive. Catching your mistakes and doing problems correctly is helpful to work toward mastery.

I will collect your summer assignment on the first day of school and grade it based on completion and effort shown (students who show their work and choose problems carefully will receive higher marks).

The only Summer assignment is to acquire a TI-84 Graphing calculator (can be the *Plus/Silver Edition/CE).

AP Calc AB SummerAssignment

Pre Geometry Summer Assignment Mr S Coyne 2019 and Beyond

2019 Algebra 2 Summer Assignment

AP Biology:  

Examples on answering questions for the summer and nightly  reading.

Chapter 1:  

This chapter gives an excellent overview of the 5 major topics contained in the AP Bio Course.  Before reading section one define the boldface words by section. Be sure to number this vocabulary. So define the boldface words for 1.1, then read the section, and take notes in an outline form.  This should be done for each section in chapter 1; there are 5 sections.

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You will need to buy a spiral notebook to do the boldface vocabulary and the  questions and these assignments will be accepted only in the AP Bio spiral notebook.  Skip the first page in the spiral notebook. In other words the first page (which consists of the front and the back) of the notebook should not be written on. Write only  on one side of the spiral notebook  paper. The back side of the paper leave blank as this side is for something else;  I will show you what in class.

Method for success:

* define the boldface words

* review the boldface words defined before reading

* read the “do you understand concepts” questions

* read the captions and look at the pictures/diagrams

* now read the section

* answer the questions by restating the question and give some background information

 before   the answer,  the specific answer is underlined

* access the free online resources  – (may have to check with me)

   and use as necessary (note: does not work on safari;  try firefox)

*review/repetition is the best way to make long term memory connections in the brain

Chapters 2 and 3 need to be completed as stated below.

All other chapters will be done in the following manner.  Define the boldface words by section (be sure to number them),  read the section, and then answer the questions for each section.  The questions are called, ”Do You Understand Concepts?” The questions will be done in a specific manner:  Answer the questions by restating the question;  then underline the answer or highlight it. Before the question is answered, give some background information that would help you answer the question. I call this background information, “notes.”  Chapters that need to be done for the summer are chapter 1 (as stated above in outline form), and chapters 2, and 3.

Example of answering questions:

Ch. 2.1

1.> atoms composed of smaller particles protons

 >protons  positive charge and a mass of about 1 Dalton,

>neutrons no charge and a mass of about 1 Dalton,

>electrons negative charge , very small insignificant mass.  

> number of protons called atomic number.  

>mass number sum of protons and neutrons.

>Atoms electrically neutral have same number of electrons as protons.

    The arrangement of these particles is the protons and neutrons occupy the center of the atom called the nucleus and the electrons revolve around the nucleus in an orbit, called an electron shell.    note, the specific answer is underlined or highlighted)

>  atom is mostly empty space.  

>Shells may have 2 electrons to fill the first shell , or 8 electrons to fill all other shells.

>Atoms with full electron shells are stable and if the shell is not full the atom is reactive.  

2. > octet rule says in atoms there is a tendency for atoms to want to have full outer shells.

   > An outer shell may become full by sharing electrons or by gaining or losing electrons.

   Na has 11 electrons so the outer shell has 1 electron and according to the octet rule the easiest way for Na to become stable would be by losing one electron.    ( underline specific answer or highlight)   

(Below would be a drawing of a Na atom.)

3.> Chemical reactivity of an atom depends on the number of electrons it has in its outer shell.

  >As the octet rule says the atom would like to have a full outer shell and can share , give or

       receive extra electrons to become full.  

   If hydrogen had an extra neutron making it deuterium, it would have no affect on the electron shells.  Therefore the addition of a neutron does not change the reactivity of the hydrogen isotope.   underline or highlight specific answer)

You may copy these answers for chapter,   2.1 into your spiral and receive credit for the work. Be sure to define the boldface words and read the section first.

Remember questions should be answered in the above manner.

Outline Chapter 1 and do all the odd problems at the end of the chapter. Be sure to check the answers at the back of the book.

Chapter 1: outline sections 1-6; do odd exercises 1-29.

Chapter 2: outline sections 1-3; do odd exercises 1-19.

Be sure to check the answers in the back of the book.

AP Spanish Summer Assignment

You are expected to know all the conjugations for the regular verbs Hablar, Comer, and Vivir(with the exception of the preterit perfect indicative, the future subjunctive, and the future perfect subjunctive). There will be a test on the first day of school. Attached you will find a blank copy for Hablar, so you know exactly what you are expected to fill in on the test. Spelling and accents must be perfect in order to receive a perfect score.

Hablar test

The conjugations to hablar, comer, and vivir can be found in many places, including:

https://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation/hablar

https://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation/comer

https://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation/vivir

Questions can be directed to Sr. Sushinsky at dsushinsky@heights.edu

Advanced Spanish Summer Assignment

You are expected to know all the conjugations for the regular verbs Hablar, Comer, and Vivir(with the exception of the preterit perfect indicative, the future subjunctive, and the future perfect subjunctive). There will be a test on the first day of school. Attached you will find a blank copy for Hablar, so you know exactly what you are expected to fill in on the test. Spelling and accents must be perfect in order to receive a perfect score.

Hablar test

The conjugations to hablar, comer, and vivir can be found in many places, including:

https://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation/hablar

https://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation/comer

https://www.123teachme.com/spanish_verb_conjugation/vivir

Questions can be directed to Sr. Sushinsky at dsushinsky@heights.edu

The summer assignment consists of completion of the review sections of the CURSO PRIMERO book.  The assignment can be downloaded here:

SPII Summer 2019 Assignment

This assignment is due on the first day of class.  A vocabulary quiz will be held on the third day of class.